Itunes lib on 1 pc how do I create copy of same library on other pc & share

My children loaded up all of the cd/s and songs we have on my oldest daughter's laptop. She has gone to college. We do not want to repeat the process to recreate the library on one of our home computers. Is there a way to copy her library to another family computer or import from her ipod the music and then allow the other 4 ipods at home to share the new library? I hope there is a better way to do this than to have to read each cd back into the other home computer. If we can copy the library, that would be a Christmas vacation project.
Thank you
  Windows XP Pro  

See these posts for some information on both processes:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=625006&messageID=1305551
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=625024&messageID=1312766

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